No. 24 Behrend Women's Soccer Honors Seniors Saturday

The No. 24 Penn State Behrend women’s soccer team will honor the six seniors on Saturday when the Lions host Carlow in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action. Game time is set for 3:30 p.m.

No. 24 Behrend Women's Soccer Honors Seniors Saturday
October 25, 2024
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ERIE, Pa. – The No. 24 Penn State Behrend women's soccer team will honor the six seniors on Saturday when the Lions host Carlow in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action. Game time is set for 3:30 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions are back in the USC NCAA Division III Top 25 rankings, coming in at No. 24 after moving up to No. 2 in the region
* Behrend is in the driver's seat to secure the No. 1 spot in the AMCC playoffs with a current 6-0 record and two games remaining
* The Lions have won eight straight, including a 2-1 victory over St. John Fisher on Wednesday night
* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) and Lizzie Hoff (Moon, PA/Moon) each scored in the non-conference win
* Prestash was named the AMCC Offensive Athlete of the Week for averaging 2.5 goals per game last week
* The senior midfielder tied a career-high with four goals in the win at Alfred State and then netted the eventual game-winner in a 5-0 decision at Penn State Altoona
* Prestash has 59 career goals to move into second place on the all-time list and is seven away from breaking the program record
* Goalkeeper Riley Morningstar (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) has nine shutouts and needs two more to tie the Behrend record for shutouts in a season
* Behrend will honor the six seniors at the beginning of the game: Sydnee Barnett (Doylestown, PA/Chippewa), Nicole Croushore (Smithton, PA/Yough), Megan Krulisky (Clearmont, FL/Lockport (NY)), Audra Kuzma (Center, PA/Central Valley), Anna Smith (Cleveland, OH/Magnificat) and Prestash

Carlow News & Notes:

* The Celtics are 3-10-1 overall and 2-4 in the AMCC
* Carlow defeated Hilbert (4-2) and Pitt-Bradford (3-2) in conference play
* The Celtics competed in the USCAA last season
* Carlow is coming off a 5-0 loss against Penn State Altoona
* Junior forward Jenna McGuiness and transfer from Seton Hill, leads the team with seven goals and two assists for 16 points
* McGuiness has a third of the team's goals (20) and netted the game winner against Pitt-Bradford
* McGuiness's seven goals ranks fifth in the AMCC

Series History

* The teams met last year for the first time with Behrend collecting a 7-0 win